Question

write a note on phulguri dhawa

Answer 1

Assam has always contributed in different manners to the socio-cultural and political life of the Indian nation, but all these contributions have most often remained unobserved, unnoticed by the national intelligentsia. It is the same with the freedom movement also. Assam had her due share in the freedom movement, where the country fought to a man in order to oust the two-century old British rule from the country. In fact Assam acted as the prime mover in some respect. One such important episode in the annals of freedom movement, where Assam acted as the prime mover, was the uprising in the Phulaguri area of middle Assam in October 1861 AD. It was the first ever peasant movement in the context of Indian freedom movement, which took place much before the Champaran movement took place under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. The Bengal farmers had revolted in the previous year, that is 1860 AD. But their ire was against the indigo planters, not against the British administration. So the Phulaguri uprising was a historic event. It was also the first ever non-cooperation movement of Indian freedom movement because the farmers of Phulaguri region had stopped payment of taxes to the British administration and thus openly defied the rulers. This had not happened anywhere in India before Phulaguri.

Answer 2

The revolt, known as 'Phulaguri dhawa', in which a British official was killed and several police officers were injured, was triggered by a ban imposed on opium cultivation and a proposed taxation on betel leaf and nut.

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